On the job for victory United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / Jonas Lie The W.F. Powers Co. Litho. N.Y. – Antique Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with On the job for victory United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / Jonas Lie The W.F. Powers Co. Litho. N.Y., a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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On the job for victory United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation / Jonas Lie The W.F. Powers Co. Litho. N.Y.
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Painter Jonas Lie, a Norwegian-born American best known for his Panama Canal scenes, signed this 1918 lithograph and inscribed it to the Library of Congress, a personal gift that sets it apart from many mass-produced wartime posters. It was issued under the sponsorship of the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, a federal agency created in 1917 to build merchant ships after German submarine attacks disrupted Allied shipping. The poster ties the work of building vessels to the war effort, and its focus on men on the job reflects the rapid growth of shipyard labor during those years.
| Created / published | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph color ; 99 x 139 cm. |
| Notes | Inscribed by artist: To Library of Congress Washington D.C. Jonas Lie 1918. Title from item. · United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation sponsor. |
| Subjects | United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation--1910-1920. World War 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. Boat & ship industry--1910-1920. Men--Employment--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Posters: Artist Posters |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 325_On_the_job_for_victory_1918 |
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